Employee Health Services Physician 2

You must be a qualified employee of New York State and have a minimum of one-year permanent competitive service as an Employee Health Service Physician 1.
Current, valid license to practice medicine in New York State AND two years of full-time post-licensure medical experience in internal medicine, family medicine, preventative medicine, emergency medicine, or surgery.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Post-licensure medical experience in occupational health.
Ability to read and interpret normal and abnormal EKGs.
Ability to read and interpret drug testing results.
Administrative experience in a medical setting.
Medical or Administrative Experience in a government setting.
Duties DescriptionEmployee Health Service (EHS) is responsible for medical examination services, including pre-employment, fitness-for-duty / return-to-work, and occupational health examinations, for all New York State departments and agencies.
In addition, Health Service Nurses perform occupational health screening and immunization services throughout the State.
This position will play an important role in helping to ensure the health and safety of employees throughout New York State agencies.
The Employee Health Services Physician 2 duties in Employee Health Service (EHS) is responsible for the leadership and oversight of (EHS) including ensuring a quality of practice.
This position is primarily administrative and managerial in nature.
Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Administrative Role • Oversees the administration of EHS occupational health programs and participates in the formulation of statewide occupational health policies and strategic planning for EHS and other NYS agencies.
• Develops, maintains, and implements documented policies and procedures for the provision of services to individuals, client agencies, and employees served by EHS.
• Provides the Department and client agencies with medical policy advice in relation to NYS occupational health programs.
• Maintains liaison and good working relationships with other State policy making agencies concerned with occupational health matters.
• Develops minimal physical/medical standards for job titles where good health is essential to performing the duties of the job.
• Establishes all medical policies and standards for determining medical ability of workers to safely perform the duties of a particular job title.
• Reviews determinations made by physicians, nurse practitioners and psychologists of candidate medical qualifications and disqualifications for agency referral exams, occupational health examinations, and consultant examinations.
Supervisory and Managerial Role • Supervises and directs the EHS Medical, Nursing and Administrative Staff.
• Provides staff with technical advice and assistance concerning the quality of professional practice which is consistent with established EHS policies and practices.
• Reviews work performance and output to evaluate overall efforts, provides feedback, develops and mentors staff, and implements new procedures which ensure efficient utilization of personnel resources.
• Prepares evaluations and/or makes recommendations related to staffing, hiring, policy development, meetings, cost containment, equipment and other matters related to EHS.
Medical Provider Role • Serves as the medical provider for the purposes ordering of medication and vaccines for EHS.
• Serves as Medical Review Officer for the LabCorp contract and orders blood work and drug testing.
• Reviews and interprets laboratory and medical test reports.
• Clinical staff, including the Nurse Practitioners and Nurses, operate under the Medical Director’s medical license.
• Serves as the medical expert when testifying at legal proceedings or Civil Service appeals.
• Emergency Medical Care Provider for state agency Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Programs • Serve a medical liaison to state agencies on preplacement, agency referral, and occupational health exams, alcohol and drug testing, immunizations, Narcan programs, DOH special projects, and other programs as necessary.
• As necessary, performs medical examinations to clients and makes diagnoses of illness and medical problems.
Additional Comments#TeamCivilService is growing and is looking for motivated, forward-thinking employees to join our team to build a dynamic workforce.
The Department of Civil Service is undertaking several initiatives to transform the way the agency delivers services to our partner agencies and to the public, and we are excited to be adding new members to the team.
In addition to joining a growing team and agency, employees will also receive a comprehensive benefits package.
The Department of Civil Service is the central personnel agency for the Executive Branch of New York State government, serving approximately 150,000 employees.
Our mission is to build tomorrow's workforce today by promoting a diverse, inclusive, and talented workforce.
We lead and deliver world-class workforce management strategies by providing innovative solutions based on merit, fitness, and equality of opportunity.
Among its duties, the Department: • Partners with State agencies to offer workforce recruitment and placement services, including developing minimum qualifications, classifying positions, developing civil service examinations, and administering performance assessment tests.
• Administers the New York State Health Insurance Program (https://www.
cs.
ny.
gov/nyship/), one of the largest public employer health insurance programs in the nation, serving more than 1.
2 million lives.
• Assists municipal agencies with civil service administration of more than 360,000 local government employees.
• Oversees the Governor's Program to Hire Individuals and Veterans with Disabilities (https://www.
cs.
ny.
gov/rp55/) to place individuals with disabilities in State jobs and the New New York Leaders Initiative Student Intern Program.
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cs.
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gov/nnyl/) The Department of Civil Service is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability status, arrest record or criminal conviction history, or any other category protected by law.
We are happy to provide reasonable and religious accommodations during the hiring process for those in need.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please send a request to YourFutureBeginsHere@cs.
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gov